john1950

There are a few Leyland DROPS in civvy life, but expensive to run both on fuel and tyres. Then you have an expensive drivetrain with a complicated Allison auto gearbox. Or you could go into the civillion market for a 3 or 4 axle beaver tail, slide back body, or hook loader. all available with manual or auto boxes, some more complicated than the Allison. They do not have the offroad capabillitys of the DROPS though. You could if you were not looking for long distance driving go for an agricultural Fast Track and low trailer. That would give you off road capability. With all of the options there are spares availability, drivers license and operators license implications to check into, as well as the cost of insurance for the different options. There is a Scammell with a converted Dyson trailer for sale on Milweb at the minute. Slow and steady but looks the part.

Albion CX22S Artillery tractors do not seem to have provision for a spare wheel. I wonder if it was carried on the Long Tom it was designed to tow.

Do you want an ex military vehicle or a commercial vehicle. Does running cost matter? What weight is a Saladin? There are some other factors to be taken into consideration also.

You have got to. Usual sign of inboard brakes leaking is a rising oil level in the axle.

Tightening wheel nuts is very neary an art form.Do you just torque up once and leave it at that. Do you torque up leave for half an hour then retorque. do you torque them, then drive a short distance then retorque. Do or dont you use nut indicators, these can be usefull when a vehicle is not used very oftain, put on for a journey and removed for authenticity. For example at a show. A problem with nut indicators is if wheels have been painted on the presure surfaces they can become loose and the indicators make it look as if they are still tight. If you torque up when the vehicle is warm from running when the studs cool and contract they will be harder to remove. or could stretch the studs and give a loose wheel. Over tightening causes as many problems as under tightening. Time to get the big chocks out to look at the brakes.

Which hand were they? Left or Right, being metric I would guess they were Right handed.

H.Ford had F marked on everything that he could, bolt heads etc. Possibly from the small tracked carrier.

What an easy fix, No computers!

28 mm is 3/4 drive territory. there should be thread visible outside of the nut, try a known nut on that or see if you can make out the direction of the thead. You may have to try the nut back to front if they are chamfered or have captive washers.

A buyer will turn up

Not as polished now should be better.

Proves AEC engineers knew what they were doing in the engine build dept. You could lift the air pressure 5 to 10 psi. Its probably low after all of these years. Would a continental type beam changer be legal on the Maxter?

Does it have slack adjusters that you can move the clevice on the brake chamber rod to a different hole to increase length and leverage.

Petrol and diesel versions are totaly different animals. One is a long 4 stroke straight 8, and the other is a compact opposed piston 2 stroke that can be lifted out and ground run with umbilical connections to the 432.. Then you have the latter incarnation with a straight 6 Cummins.

There is a two stroke forum, some time ago one of the HMV forum members from Tazmania with a 432 power pack wrote that he posted on there.

Have you any pictures of the brake units?

Most Bedford diesels smoke on start up, any fuel injection repair company should be able to test the parts. Check the Air filter element is clean first.

Vacuum wipers go their own way

There was an advert on this forum in vehicles posted is Sept last year by bigwill.

I think that 432 is still available at the paint ball company near Durham that closed down.

A good topic just keep going here

First one is a CMP probably a Chev second one possibly a Marmon Herrington or Commer. Great photos.

Not as rare as the Forum member looking for a QL Tipper tailgate. CAV/Simms Control boxes are getting difficult to find.

You have to get lucky sometime. It is showroom condition, great job.

Split and banjo axles have a different hub design to accommodate different halfshaft designs, there is a different design hub also for the non driven 6x4 variant. To fit twin wheels on the front they simply used the twin nut arrangement of the rear wheels the same as a Ford Sussex design.